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CHECKING IRAN’S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS
Edited by
Henry Sokolski
Patrick Clawson
January 2004
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the book’s authors and to the project’s co-chairman, Patrick Clawson who helped
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the center’s research coordinator and Albert Wohlstetter Fellow. Only with her
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CONTENTS
Preface
Patrick Clawson
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Introduction
Henry Sokolski
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1. Checking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions: Report Recommendations
NPEC Project on Iran
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2. Iran’s “Legal” Paths to the Bomb
Victor Gilinsky
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3. Iran’s Internal Struggles
Geneive Abdo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
4. The Prospects for Regime Change in Iran
S. Rob Sobhani
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5. Winning Iranian Hearts and Minds
Abbas William Samii
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6. U.S.-Iranian Strategic Cooperation since 1979
Geoffrey Kemp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
7. The Challenges of U.S. Preventive Military Action
Michael Eisenstadt
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About the Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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